Parallel Verses
King James Version
Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.
New American Standard Bible
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
So you are witnesses and approve of the deeds of your ancestors, because they killed those for whom you are building monuments.
A Conservative Version
Consequently, ye testify and approve the works of your fathers, because they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchers.
American Standard Version
So ye are witnesses and consent unto the works of your fathers: for they killed them, and ye build their tombs .
Amplified
An Understandable Version
So, [by doing this] you are witnesses [against yourselves] that you approve of the deeds of your forefathers, for they killed the prophets and you build grave monuments to them.
Anderson New Testament
Therefore you attest and approve the deeds of your fathers; for they indeed killed them, and you build their sepulchers.
Bible in Basic English
So you are witnesses and give approval to the work of your fathers; for they put them to death and you make their last resting-places.
Common New Testament
So you witness that you approve of the deeds of your fathers; for they killed them, and you build their tombs.
Daniel Mace New Testament
they were guilty of slaughter, and you raise monuments to their memory.
Darby Translation
Ye bear witness then, and consent to the works of your fathers; for they killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.
Godbey New Testament
Therefore you are witnesses and you consent unto the works of your fathers: because they slew them, and you build.
Goodspeed New Testament
So you testify to what your fathers did and approve it, for they killed them and you build their monuments.
John Wesley New Testament
Truly ye bear witness that ye approve the deeds of your fathers: for whom they killed, ye build their sepulchres.
Julia Smith Translation
Surely ye testify and assent to your fathers' works: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their tombs.
King James 2000
Truly you bear witness that you consent to the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and you build their sepulchers.
Lexham Expanded Bible
As a result you are witnesses, and you approve of the deeds of your fathers, because they killed them and you build [their tombs]!
Modern King James verseion
Truly you bear witness that you consent to the deeds of your fathers. For they indeed killed them, and you build their tombs.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Truly ye bear witness, that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they killed them, and ye build their sepulchers.
Moffatt New Testament
thus you testify and consent to what your fathers did, for they killed and you build.
Montgomery New Testament
"So you are witnesses, and you consent to the actions of your ancestors. for they killed them, and you build their tombs.
NET Bible
So you testify that you approve of the deeds of your ancestors, because they killed the prophets and you build their tombs!
New Heart English Bible
So you are witnesses and consent to the works of your fathers. For they killed them, and you build their tombs.
Noyes New Testament
So then ye bear witness to and approve the deeds of your fathers; for they indeed killed them, and ye are building [their tombs].
Sawyer New Testament
therefore you are witnesses, and approve the deed of your fathers; for they killed them, and you build.
The Emphasized Bible
Hence, witnesses, are ye, and find consenting pleasure in the works of your fathers: because, they, indeed, slew them, and, ye, are building, their tombs .
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Ye do indeed bear witness to, and with pleasure concur in your fathers' deeds; for they truly killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.
Twentieth Century New Testament
You are actually witnesses to your ancestors' acts and show your approval of them, because, while they killed the Prophets, you build tombs for them.
Webster
Truly ye bear testimony, that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchers.
Weymouth New Testament
It follows that you bear testimony to the actions of your forefathers and that you fully approve thereof. They slew, you build.
Williams New Testament
So you testify to what your forefathers did and approve it, because they killed them and you build monuments for them.
World English Bible
So you testify and consent to the works of your fathers. For they killed them, and you build their tombs.
Worrell New Testament
Consequently, ye are witnesses, and consent to the works of your fathers; because they, indeed, killed them, and ye build their tombs.
Worsley New Testament
Thus ye testify that ye approve of the deeds of your fathers; for they put them to death, and ye build their sepulchres.
Youngs Literal Translation
Then do ye testify, and are well pleased with the works of your fathers, because they indeed killed them, and ye do build their tombs;
Themes
Jesus Christ » History of » Denounces the pharisees and other hypocrites (in galilee)
Lawyer » Jesus' remarks against
Pharisees » Hypocrisy of, reproved » By jesus
Reproof » Faithfulness in » Jesus, of the scribes and pharisees
Satire » Of jesus against hypocrites
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 11:48
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jesus Talks To Experts On The Law
47 Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. 48 Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres. 49 Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:
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Cross References
Joshua 24:22
And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.
2 Chronicles 36:16
But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
Job 15:6
Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
Psalm 64:8
So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
Ezekiel 18:19
Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
Matthew 21:35-38
And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
Matthew 23:31
Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.
Acts 7:51-52
Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
Hebrews 11:35-38
Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:
James 5:10
Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.